Reaching Jerusalem

Let's look to the hands of the weak

For the scars of more genuine living

I'm stuck in this intellectual rut

Trying to find an explanation

In the wrong language

Weak at the knees but strong

At the top of my spine

Oh Solomon, who am I kidding?

I'm doubting like a philistine

(behold thy walls Jerusalem...)

My throat is sore from crying and my bed is wet with tears

I have no stone tablet for anyone

So tell me why

Are you waiting for me to give you textbook answers

Before you start to move?

I can't secure

Your fading wealth because it sickens me

So let us part the clouds

And start your mind in a fresh day

And put aside the things you learned

Let's stretch out our fingers

And we might

Just get to that promised land

Before we suck it's life away

And so we're reaching

Trying to shift the focus from the world to myself

And those around me who i love

And so we're reaching

Trying to conceive the size of lightyears

And trying to save the world that sustains us

And yes we're reaching

One building block at a time

Until the roofs of our houses disrupt jerusalem

So nearly reaching

So close and yet so far

Just one last tear-stained exertion to get to that elusive contact